Comments on: Decrease the Twitter Drop Out Rate & Increase Retention

By: Boston SEO

Boston SEO — Tue, 20 Oct 2009 20:21:47 +0000

Agreed. Twitter is a social media network that is not really being utilized correctly by business people. By not staying consistent and posting intelligent/intriguing information in a certain niche, how does one expect to get the followers who are also interested in that market. If you are posting something once in a while, why would anyone want to follow that. I am not surprised by that statistic of 60% do not come back.

By: Walt Webb

Walt Webb — Tue, 15 Sep 2009 16:02:01 +0000

Some valid points here and I fell into some of them. I started following to get followers without realising I needed to search my niche first. Now I have maxed out my following with maybe 10% who are actually interested in my niche which is sports.
I don’t know how to solve this delema other than to blow things up and start from scratch, lol. Any suggestions?
My twiiter user name is All_Sports

By: Marcy

Marcy — Thu, 23 Jul 2009 02:04:40 +0000

Great advice on not wanting millions of followers…YET. :) You should make sure that you’re ready to share ideas and make conversation with people before you can actually have followers.

By: chauhan

chauhan — Mon, 18 May 2009 11:15:24 +0000

Its good for get their twitter backgrounds and increase brand aware etc.

By: Noah Weiner

Noah Weiner — Sat, 16 May 2009 17:06:18 +0000

Super insight, Rachel. Twitter’s reduction to the need for thoughtful thought communication is a huge distinction, and is no doubt, its own blessing and curse.

When the dust settles, perhaps we’ll be left with a community of real communicators.

By: Rachel Andersen

Rachel Andersen — Thu, 14 May 2009 16:19:32 +0000

Hannah,

I do agree that this post is especially relevant for commercial users, although I feel like it still holds true for many Twitter drop-offs.

Seems to me that if you’re just on Twitter for fun, a loose strategy is still in need so that the whole i-had-eggs-for-breakfast thing doesn’t happen.

For a select few, Twitter makes perfect sense for personal reasons. But for the masses, I think many people are still struggling to figure it out, especially when Facebook has the status update feature in addition to the social media interface they’ve become accustomed to.

By: Hannah_Bo_Banna

Hannah_Bo_Banna — Thu, 14 May 2009 13:50:23 +0000

I’m struggling a little with this post. I think in terms of using twitter commercially (i.e. a business account – whether said account is in the business’s name or an employee’s name) then your comments are spot on.

For an individual who’s just there for fun – I’m not so sure.

By: Gabriella

Gabriella — Wed, 13 May 2009 21:33:38 +0000

Bravo well said. This was a topic I spend hours talking to clients about. Some just don’t get it.

By: Gary

Gary — Wed, 13 May 2009 21:32:08 +0000

You hit the nail on the headwith this comment, Rachael.

“Twitter has managed to create a platform that truly forces its users to engage with quality thoughts, content and to actually serve a purpose and add value. It is what you make of it, and without dedicated participation, Twitter kind of sucks.”

Thankfully its only the people that can’t grasp that concept and make it work for them that jump ship.

At the end of the day… Twitter is what you make of it!

Nice article… Thanx :)

By: Nick Stamoulis

Nick Stamoulis — Wed, 13 May 2009 15:30:32 +0000

I think this is good. People need to use the social platforms not just park on them and expect results.